Italian Film Festival returns this weekend April 13 & 14
See a selection of new films from Italy in this popular weekend series. Admission is free, but you must get a ticket from the box office for each film. Tickets will be available beginning at 10am on Saturday for Saturday's films, and 11:30am on Sunday for Sunday's films. Because there is a lot of interest […]
Read More...You have a story to tell
The Columbia Missourian wants to interview you for their 100 Ages, 100 Voices of Boone County project, to capture the diversity of BoCo. Katie Alaimo and Alyssa Goodman are looking for people aged one to one hundred who will sit for a portrait and short video interview. We know you've got some good stories, so give […]
Read More...Notes from the attic: Story of a Prostitute
We watched another Suzuki film in movie club, Story of a Prostitute (1965). The tragic tale of a woman working in a Japanese outpost in China during the Sino-Japanese War, before WWII. A beautifully shot film about the absurdities of war...among other things. Rent it from 9th Street Video.
Read More...Ragtag at 9th Street Video
Out now on digital video disc: Rust and Bone A Royal Affair The Comedy The Revisionaries Killing Them Softly (didn't play here, but could've)
Read More...True/False 2014 is February 27–March 2
Mark those calendars, set those planners and start dreaming about the next True/False Film Fest.
Read More...Calling all student filmmakers!
Green Living Project has got a contest for you. And there are prizes. Here's what they're looking for: "In 5 minutes or less, we want your short film to tell a unique, creative, and compelling story about a local or global sustainability-related project." You've got till May 30, 2013. Check out their website to see […]
Read More...Notes from the attic: Tokyo Drifter
We watched another stylish yakuza film from Seijun Suzuki in movie club: Tokyo Drifter (1966). It's full of awesome music, betrayal, revenge and great camerawork. I don't think it's as strong or fun as Youth of the Beast, but it's worth checking out from 9th Street Video.
Read More...Italian films come to Ragtag
The free Italian Film "Festival" returns to CoMo for the weekend of April 13 and 14. See the best in contemporary Italian cinema. Presented by the University of Missouri, MU Arts & Humanities Small Grants, Office of Cultural Affairs, and many individual donors. Here's the lineup with trailers (not all trailers are subtitled, but the […]
Read More...Fly Fishing Film Tour returns April 6
The F3T brings you the best fly-fishing shorts from the past year. One day only, Saturday, April 6. Doors at noon (for hanging out with your buds), films at one o'clock. Tickets are $15 and on sale now through the F3T website. It was pretty full last year, so we recommend getting your tix early.
Read More...April preview
April is an action-packed hunkfest. Bradley Cooper returns to our screens in The Place Beyond the Pines...with Ryan Gosling, no less. And James McAvoy ain't bad either in Trance, Danny Boyle's new heist thriller. The free, four-film Italian Film "Festival" returns for the weekend of the 13th. A film not to miss in that collection […]
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